UNBeknownst Episode 19: Julia Wright on finding your path through trial and error, and journalism in challenging times
Author: UNB Alumni
Posted on Jun 9, 2022
Category: Young Alumni , Podcast , Arts , Inspiring Stories , UNB Fredericton
Julia Wright (BA’07) is host of CBC Information Morning on CBC Radio 1 in Saint John, and is also an award-winning writer and photographer. Born and raised in Saint John, New Brunswick, Julia was a contributor to Vice, Buzzfeed, and various local and provincial newspapers before taking on radio hosting duties in 2019. Earlier, she founded and edited two independent Saint John creative writing and art zines: Hard Times in the Maritimes and The Tempest. In her spare time, she loves microfilm, running and sushi.
In this episode:
- Why Julia loves her hometown of Saint John.
- Her unconventional path to journalism and what she learned at UNB that is so important in her professional life
- Figuring things out by trial and error, and why that’s ok
- Why Julia strongly believes a university is degree is not obsolete.
- A look behind-the-scenes of a morning news radio show
- The key to a good interview
- Her thoughts on challenging interviews and challenging days in journalism
- The challenge that COVID-19 has posed in journalism
- The arts and how creative people make communities so vibrant
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Thanks to:
Our alumni host, Shauna Cole
Music by alumni artist, Beats of Burden
Our alumni Affinity Partners, TD Insurance, Manulife, and MBNA Mastercard
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